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It was a Latino music festival at the Super Bowl Halftime show. The rhythms were irresistible. Shakira and J-Lo sang with exultant voices and danced fiercely through a quick-cutting mix of their mega hits. Guest performers Bad Bunny from Puerto Rico and J Balvin from Colombia accompanied the shimmying pop conquistadoras. It was an exhilarating Puerto Rican and Colombian show all through! Shakira opened the show with "She Wolf", then a medley of her hit songs including "Empire", "Whenever, Wherever", "Chantaje" and "Hips Don't Lie". To the surprise of many, the Colombian songstress launched into Cardi B and J Balvin's "I Like It", singing it with Bad Bunny. Cardi B was in Hard Rock stadium watching live. Shakira sang in both English and Spanish, belly-danced, danced to a variety of Afro-Latin musical genres and crowd-surfed. She also performed a traditional Arab vocal expression known as a "zaghrouta...

The nominees for the well-known iHeartRadio Music Awards have been revealed. Cardi B leads the pack with 13 nominations for a number of top collaborations she made last year, including "I Like It" with Bad Bunny and J Balvin, "Girls Like You" with Maroon 5, and "Finesse Remix" with Bruno Mars. Drake is the second most-nominated artist with 8 nominations, with three of his songs nominated for hip-hop song of the year: "God's Plan", "In My Feelings", and "Nice for What". Post Malone is next in line with 5 nominations, which include hip-hop artist of the year, male artist of the year, and "Better Now" for song of the year. Ariana Grande and Maroon 5 also earned 5 nominations each.  Voting is open to fans  in a number of categories. The iHeartRadio Music Awards will hold on March 14 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. See the complete list of nominees below. Song of the Year: “Better Now” - Post Malone ...

Awards season is booming, and Premio Lo Nuestro have just revealed the official nominees for the Premio Lo Nuestro Awards (January 8, 2019). Natti Natasha leads the pack of nominees with 15 nominations, and is followed by J Balvin and Bad Bunny who share 12 nods apiece, then Ozuna with 10, Nicky Jam with 8, and Maluma, Becky G, and Wisin with 7. Brazilian artist Anitta grabbed four nominations, and pop queen Shakira, 3. Voting is open from January 8 to January 22. The awards ceremony will air Thursday, February 21 on Univision.  Check out the complete list of nominees below.  GENERAL CATEGORY Premio Lo Nuestro Artist of the Year Carlos Vives Christian Nodal J Balvin Maluma Crossover Collaboration of the Year “Calypso” - Luis Fonsi, Stefflon Don “Esta Rico” - Marc Anthony, Bad Bunny, Will Smith “I Like It” - Cardi B, Bad Bunny, J Balvin “Mia” - Bad Bunny, Drake “Taki Taki” - DJ Snake, Cardi B, Ozuna, Selena Gomez Revelation Artist of the Year ...